Two pink lines

Alina [Pregnancy Test: Positive]The plastic stick shook in my hand. I stared at it until my eyes burned, hoping the result would change. It didn’t. Two pink lines. My heart stopped, then started beating again so fast I thought it might jump out of my chest. I was pregnant. In any other marriage, this would be a moment of pure joy. I would run downstairs, jump into my husband's arms and we would cry happy tears together. But this wasn’t a normal marriage. And Liam wasn’t a normal husband. As I felt a sick twist in my stomach, I sat on the cold edge of the bathtub. Liam didn’t marry me because he loved me. He married me because he had to. When my parents died saving his life, his grandmother felt she owed me a debt. Her way of paying for it was to make Liam marry the poor orphan girl. He called it a "duty." I called it a dream come true, at least at first. I had loved him since I was a little girl. But dreams turn into nightmares when you are the only one in love. Just th

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For me, for her

AlinaTick. Tock. Tick. Tock.It was the sound of my life passing by, waiting for a man who didn't want to come home.I still lay there, staring at the empty space where Liam had stood. My hand was still resting on my stomach. I couldn't sleep. It was long gone.My phone buzzed on the nightstand, making me jump. The screen lit up the dark room, blinding me for a moment.I reached for my phone, my heart doing a nervous flip. It was 2:00 AM. Who would be texting me now?[Message from: Chloe]Chloe was my best friend, the only person in the world who knew how lonely my "fairy tale" marriage actually was. She was out tonight at The Sapphire Lounge, the most exclusive club in the city.I slid the notification and tapped the message.[Chloe: Jules... I don't know if I should send this. But you deserve to know.]My stomach dropped. She never sent me messages this late unless it was important.[Chloe: Sent a photo]I tapped on the image. It took a second to load, and when it did, I felt like

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His first love

Alina"Hi, Mom. Hi, Dad." My voice trembled as I knelt on the damp grass of the cemetery.I placed a bouquet of white lilies on the two marble headstones in front of me.Richard and Cynthia Sterling.I traced the letters of their names with my fingers. I had so much to tell them. I wanted to tell them about the baby. I wanted to tell them that their little girl was going to be a mother.But the words stuck in my throat.How could I tell them that the man they saved, the man they died for, didn't love me? How could I tell them that the father of my child didn’t even want the child?I didn't know how much time had passed. But when I looked around, the sky was dark with heavy clouds, in the distance, thunders were blazing. I wiped a tear from my cheek and stood up. I didn't want to leave but I couldn't afford to get sick.I turned around to head back to the main path.As soon as I looked forward, my heart stopped.About fifty feet away, walking under the shadow of an old tree, was a tal

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Divorce agreement

Liam’s POVRichard and Cynthia Sterling.All the oxygen rushed out of my lungs. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't move. I just stared at the white lilies resting on the damp grass.Today’s date flashed in my mind right away. It was October 14th. The anniversary.Ten years ago today, a truck ran a red light and smashed into my car. I was trapped inside. Richard and Cynthia Sterling had been in the car behind me. They didn't waste time calling for help. They ran straight into the fire and pulled me out through a shattered window just seconds before the car exploded.I lived. They didn't.And ten years later, now, I was standing in front of their graves, yelling at their orphaned daughter. I called her a jealous stalker. I grabbed her arm and dragged her. I demanded she apologize to another woman while she was mourning the parents who burned to death so I could stand here today.A wave of nausea hit me so hard I stumbled backward."Liam?"Amily’s voice broke through the ringing in my ears.

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Two pink lines

For me, for her

His first love

Divorce agreement